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Cephaloscyllium sarawakense Yano, Ahmad & Gambang, 2005

Sarawak pygmy swell shark
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Malaysia country information

Common names: Circle-blotch pygmy swell shark, Sarawak pygmy swell shark, Swell shark
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type localities: off Tanjong Sirik, Sarawak, MSR201 (holotype of Cephaloscyllium sarawakensis, 35.4 cm TL, female) (Ref. 75538); off Sarawak, Borneo Island, HUMZ 109126 (holotype of Cephaloscyllium parvum; off Tanjong, Sirik, Sarawak, MSR IPP (M) (holotype of Cephaloscyllium circulopullum, 37.7 cm TL, adult male) (Ref. 75538). Known off Tanjong, Sirik, Sarawak. Rarely caught with deep water trawl nets in Sarawak. Not found din the markets where the study was done (Ref. 75538). Also Ref. 94801.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/my.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Yano, K., A. Ahmad, A.C. Gambang, A.H. Idris, A.R. Solahuddin and Z. Aznan, 2005
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Common names from other countries

Sarawak pygmy swellshark, Circle-blotch pygmy swell shark, Yu-buntal Sarawak, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Carcharhiniformes (Ground sharks) > Scyliorhinidae (Cat sharks) > Scyliorhininae
Etymology: Cephaloscyllium: cephalus, from kephale (Gr.), head, referring to its very broad and depressed head; skylion, Greek for dogfish or small shark. (See ETYFish);  sarawakense: -ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Sarawak, Malaysia, type locality. (See ETYFish).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 100 - 200 m (Ref. 94801).   Subtropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences |
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